From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 19 14:02:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A89D716A47A; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:02:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2858543D49; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:02:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57BA02083; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:02:44 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Tests: none X-Spam-Learn: disabled X-Spam-Score: 0.0/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on tim.des.no Received: from xps.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by tim.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 458CF2082; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:02:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0C6C933C8D; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:02:43 +0200 (CEST) From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Dennis Olvany References: <4495F9A1.8040407@gmail.com> <867j3dwjq3.fsf@xps.des.no> <449691D9.4020704@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:02:43 +0200 In-Reply-To: <449691D9.4020704@gmail.com> (Dennis Olvany's message of "Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:00:25 -0500") Message-ID: <86odwputto.fsf@xps.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: David Hoffman , freebsd-user-groups@freebsd.org, thisdayislong , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, ingrid@cityscope.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Serious breach of copyright -- First post X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:02:49 -0000 Dennis Olvany writes: > The concept of a fact obviously may not be copyrighted because it is=20 > merely a concept. Barring descriptive literary devices, the facts may be= =20 > copied at will in their expressed form. A photo, being a descriptive=20 > device, is copyrightable. Considering the example of the Haynes manual,=20 > I can extract factual information --such as a starter change procedure--= =20 > from the manual word-for-word and use it. No, you can't. Don't take my word for it; ask a lawyer. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no